TV Times – 03 August 2019

72 TV TIMES

Thursday Highlights

A Hublot watch up for auction Iko Uwais as Kai Jin

The herd has a perilous journey

to the feeding grounds

Pay freeze:

nurse Lorraine

Maggie (second from

right) and the other

special agents

Police,

Camera,

Auction

● REAL LIFE / 9pm / ITV

NEW

Wilsons

Auctions in

Belfast sell millions of

pounds’ worth of goods –

crooks’ hidden riches such

as sports cars and Rolex

watches which have been

confiscated by police,

proceeds providing

compensation for victims.

Roger Allam narrates

this behind-the-scenes

look. ★★★★ LP

Wu

Assassins

● DRAMA / Netflix

NEW

A new martial

arts crime

drama series from Netflix,

with all 10 episodes

available today. Kai Jin

(Iko Uwais) is a chef in

contemporary Chinatown,

San Francisco, who gets

involved with Chinese

triad business and, after

an encounter with a

mystical spirit, reluctantly

becomes the Wu Assassin.

His job? Only to save

the world... ★★★ JP

Serengeti

● WILDLIFE / 8pm / BBC1

LAST ONE

The last episode in this

enjoyably different natural

history series, entitled ‘Rebirth’, opens

with stunning footage of animals

crossing a blackened wasteland after

surviving a great fire. Then spectacular

thunderbolts herald a deluge and the

Serengeti is transformed into a lush

pasture. To reach the feeding grounds,

elephant Nalla and her herd must cross

the swollen river, but the current is so

strong that her calf is in danger of being

swept away. The common theme in this

week’s episode is one of youngsters

learning life lessons, such as full-grown

cheetah cubs watching their mother Kike

hunt, while the photography continues to

delight and amaze. ★★★★ IM

FBI

● DRAMA / from 9pm / Sky Witness

NEW

A brand new crime drama by the

team behind Law & Order follows

the inner workings of New Yo rk’s elite FBI

unit as they battle to keep the city, and

America, safe. Missy Peregrym stars as

Special Agent Maggie Bell, grieving the

death of her reporter husband Jason, and

determined to be a force for good in a

world spinning out of control. The first

episode of tonight’s double bill opens in

explosive fashion when an apartment

building in the Bronx is blown apart by

bomb blasts, killing two young boys. At

first it appears to be part of a gang war,

until further investigations reveal

something far more sinister. ★★★★ RMC

Broke

● REAL LIFE / 9pm / BBC2

LAST ONE

Lorraine is an NHS intensive care nurse in

Manchester who hasn’t had a pay rise in

eight years. With the rising cost of living, she’s earning

thousands less than in 2010. She’s haunted by memories

of being on shift after the 2017 bombing, but that’s not

the only thing that keeps her awake at night. It seems

cruel that such hardworking people are so poorly

rewarded, yet Lorraine is just one of millions struggling

to stay afloat in modern Britain. ★★★★★ SMA

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